I am a former Pentecostal evangelist who renounced his beliefs for atheism in 1994. I have decided to write a blog where I share my thoughts and ideas about Christianity in general and the biblical God.

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

The Lord rested!

Genesis 2: 1-21.Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.2.And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

This has got to be one of the craziest text in all of scriptures! We are told all throughout the bible how God is omnipotent, everlasting, etc. How he created the heavens and the Earth ex nihilo (out of nothing) simply with his spoken word in literally six days and that on the seventh day he rested. What does the sabbath actually commemorate according to the scriptures? Genesis 2:3 states that the sabbath is to commemorate the seventh day that followed the six days of creation because on the seventh day God rested and so he sanctified it as a holy day (holiday). Exodus 31:17 reinforces this initial reason why the Hebrews were obligated to keep the sabbath.

It's also funny how some modern apologists try to state that the days of creation were not literally six days, but rather an undetermined amount of time. This was done to try and bring the bible in line with those later discoveries regarding evolution and the age of the Earth. Christians tend to change the meaning of their interpretations of scripture whenever science makes their bible look like what it is; a book of myths. What they once considered literal becomes allegorical or metaphorical, they always find ways to twist it so that it stays in tune with modern day discoveries.

Exodus 31:17 states that after having created the heavens and the Earth in six days the Lord rested on the seventh and was "refreshed". Did he get tired of talking? The bible states in Genesis 1 that he spoke everything into existence, it wasn't like he was down here on his hands and knees planting the garden of Eden. He did a little labor when he made a mud pie out of Adam and later took a rib and made Eve but for the most part it was all done with the spoken word.

Considering that God is omnipotent; to state that he rested makes no sense whatsoever. He supposedly never sleeps nor eats since he is not human and does not possess a physical body, but for some reason he must of broke quite a sweat creating the universe and everything in it. This is just one of the many retarded contradictions of the bible. Here is my theory on this matter, since the bibles myths were created to explain things that were once unknown or in this case a tradition I think that the Hebrews worked six day weeks and took the seventh day off.

This biblical story helps to explain the how this tradition came about no matter how silly it sounds to the rational mindset. By attributing it to God and making it a commandment everyone was obligated to follow it or face the penalty of death. At the same time this story explains the origins of the six day work week. There you have it; a mythological tale to explain one of a societies traditions.

1 comment:

And on the sixth day god said, I believe I'll put that tree over there, oh wait a minute, gosh darn, I think I'll put it over here, Nope wait, duh.

Well you can almost imagine a man being all tuckered out after all that speaking, planning and such.

Wasn't the original Sabbath or Sunday lost when they changed calenders? From Julian to Gregorian or vice verse? They could be worshipping god on a Monday, or Thursday, heaven forbid!!!

I think a year was divided up originally as an equal 360 days? then they added 5 days to make up for where they were wrong, I can't fully remember.

Time to god is like one day, it could have taken him a million years and he could have called it just one day, because time has no effect upon god, because he created time, he is the author of time...apologists answer!

God has no need for clocks or calenders, because he cannot feel the effects of time upon his being, he could always be late for something and never know it.

Like the end of time, perhaps he'll never be able to comprehend when the end is near, because time has no effect on him, therefore the universe is to exist forever without end.

About Me

From 1990-1994 I was a Pentecostal evangelist from a very fundamentalist literalist church. At the time I believed I was saved, sanctified, and filled with the Holy Ghost!
In those days I lived, ate, and slept the gospel. During the week I was in church on Tuesdays Thursdays, and Sunday's. On Saturday and Sunday I was usually on one of two of Brooklyn, NY street corners preaching the gospel with my partner in the ministry. My specialty was exorcisms aka as a deliverance ministry.
I believed I walked and talked with Jesus in those days every minute of every hour. I was as fanactically entrenched in my beliefs as any one could possibly be.
I have been an atheist since 1994 when I abandoned my church and former beliefs. But it was not easy and no one was able to get me to the realization that my beliefs were false and my experiences a delusion. It took my reading the Bible in its entirety to realize that the God of the Bible was not worthy of worship and was not love. I saw more morality in myself than I did in the biblical monster